• I'm very new to the world of SQL and BI and I'm certainly interested in getting some form of qualification under my belt. The situation at my place of work at the moment is extremely uncertain, but there is a training budget that my boss is keen to use. The problem I have is that I don't know which qualification or training would be best to do. There's a lot of courses out there but I don't know how which are the best ones to do at an entry level. They all seem to lead to Microsoft certification, but the word from the boss is that I could do some kind of nationally recognised certification such as an HNC\D or NVQ (I'm in the UK) and the company may well pay. Could anybody give me some advice please?


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    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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